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They might stuff your city with plain-clothes detectives and double the police and Constantine would still be a doomed man.
On peut bourrer la ville de policiers en bourgeois et doubler le service d'ordre, Constantin n'en sera pas moins un homme mort.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
There is now increased baggage and passenger screening at UK airports, and where appropriate UK aircraft carry plain-clothes police.
Les mesures d'inspection des bagages et des passagers sont désormais renforcées dans les aéroports britanniques et lorsque cela s'avère nécessaire, les appareils britanniques transportent des policiers en civil.
© Crown Copyright 2004
© Crown Copyright 2004

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plain-clothes

noun, plural
Plural
Common caseplain-clothes
Possessive case*plain-clothes'